20:1 Wine {is} a mocker, strong drink {is} raging: and whoever is deceived by it is not wise. 
20:1 Wine {is} a mocker, strong drink {is} raging: and whoever is deceived by it is not wise. 

20:2 The fear of a king {is} as the roaring of a lion: {whoever} provoketh him to anger sinneth {against} his own soul. 
20:2 The fear of a king {is} as the roaring of a lion: {whoever} provoketh him to anger sinneth {against} his own soul. 

20:3 {It is} an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. 
20:3 {It is} an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. 

20:4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; {therefore} shall he beg in harvest, and {have} nothing. 
20:4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; {therefore} shall he beg in harvest, and {have} nothing. 

20:5 Counsel in the heart of man {is like} deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. 
20:5 Counsel in the heart of man {is like} deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. 

20:6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? 
20:6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? 

20:7 The just {man} walketh in his integrity: his children {are} blessed after him. 
20:7 The just {man} walketh in his integrity: his children {are} blessed after him. 

20:8 A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. 
20:8 A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. 

20:9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? 
20:9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? 

20:10 Divers weights, {and} divers measures, both of them {are} alike abomination to the LORD. 
20:10 Differing weights, {and} differing measures, both of them {are} alike abomination to the LORD. 

20:11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work {is} pure, and whether {it is} right. 
20:11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work {is} pure, and whether {it is} right. 

20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them. 
20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them. 

20:13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thy eyes, {and} thou shalt be satisfied with bread. 
20:13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thy eyes, {and} thou shalt be satisfied with bread. 

20:14 {It is} naught, {it is} naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone, then he boasteth. 
20:14 {It is} nothing, {it is} nothing, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. 

20:15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge {are} a precious jewel. 
20:15 There is gold, and an abundance of rubies: but the lips of knowledge {are} a precious jewel. 

20:16 Take his garment that is surety {for} a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. 
20:16 Take his garment that is surety {for} a stranger: and take a pledge of him for an adulteress. 

20:17 Bread of deceit {is} sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. 
20:17 Bread of deceit {is} sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. 

20:18 {Every} purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. 
20:18 {Every} purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. 

20:19 He that goeth about {as} a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. 
20:19 He that goeth about {as} a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. 

20:20 Whoever curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. 
20:20 Whoever curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. 

20:21 An inheritance {may be} gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end of it shall not be blessed. 
20:21 An inheritance {may be} gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end of it shall not be blessed. 

20:22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; {but} wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. 
20:22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; {but} wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. 

20:23 Divers weights {are} an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance {is} not good. 
20:23 Differing weights {are} an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance {is} not good. 

20:24 Man's goings {are} of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? 
20:24 Man's goings {are} of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? 

20:25 {It is} a snare to the man {who} devoureth {that which is} holy, and after vows to make inquiry. 
20:25 {It is} a snare to the man {who} devoureth {that which is} holy, and after vows to make enquiry. 

20:26 A wise king scatterreth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. 
20:26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. 

20:27 The spirit of man {is} the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. 
20:27 The spirit of man {is} the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. 

20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upheld by mercy. 
20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upheld by mercy. 

20:29 The glory of young men {is} their strength: and the beauty of old men {is} the gray head. 
20:29 The glory of young men {is} their strength: and the beauty of old men {is} the gray head. 

20:30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so {do} stripes the inward parts of the belly. 
20:30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so {do} stripes the inward parts of the belly.